Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1: Crude Oil Markets -- 1 Unit Root Behavior in Energy Futures Prices -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Data -- 1.3 Empirical Evidence -- 1.3.1 Autocorrelation Based Tests -- 1.3.2 Univariate Tests for Unit Roots -- 1.4 Conclusions -- 2 Rational Expectations, Risk,...

The definitive guide to fixed income valuation and risk analysis The Trilogy in Fixed Income Valuation and Risk Analysis comprehensively covers the most definitive work on interest rate risk, term structure analysis, and credit risk. The first book on interest rate risk modeling examines...

Econometric models are widely used in the creation and evaluation of economic policy in the public and private sectors. But these models are useful only if they adequately account for the phenomena in question, and they can be quite misleading if they do not. In response, econometricians have...

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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Authors -- Section I: Fundamentals -- 1: Statistical Inference I: Descriptive Statistics -- 1.1 Measures of Relative Standing -- 1.2 Measures of Central Tendency -- 1.3 Measures of Variability...